Thursday, August 28, 2014

(U)ntil very recently one illicit good I had never seen for sale on the forums was counterfeit U.S. currency.

That changed in the past month with the appearance on several top
crime boards of a new fraudster who goes by the hacker alias “MrMouse.”
This individual sells counterfeit $20s, $50s and $100s, and claims that
his funny money will pass most of the tests that merchants use to tell
bogus bills from the real thing.

I, in my usual state of blissful ignorance, am pretty sure that when 'Mr. Mouse" is tracked down it's going to be discovered that he is Russian and that behind several layers of cutouts the Russian government is behind this.
Bloomberg - FBI Examining Whether Russia Is Tied to JPMorgan Hacking -

Russian hackers attacked the U.S. financial system in mid-August, infiltrating and stealing data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
and at least one other bank, an incident the FBI is investigating as a
possible retaliation for government-sponsored sanctions, according to
two people familiar with the probe.

One thing sits at the heart of what many consider a surveillance state within the US today.

The problem does not begin with political systems that discourage
transparency or technologies that can intercept everyday communications
without notice. Like everything else in Washington, there’s a legal
basis for what many believe is extreme government overreach—in this
case, it's Executive Order 12333, issued in 1981

The article was a little too long for me to really dig into but my quick read found it pretty interesting.

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52 year old white male oozing privilege and advantage, if you find that sort of thing sexy. But, I care about the less fortunate if you don't. Either way I'm an idiot so take it all with a grain of salt.